Railway-switch.



D. B. GAUDY & E. K. GUTLIP.

RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLICATION TILED 111111115, 1910.

1,001,618. Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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D. B. GAUDY & E. K. CUTLIP.

RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLICATION mum JUNE 15, 1910.

1,001,618. Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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DANIEL B. CAUDY AND EDWARD K. CUTLIP, OF HOLGOMB, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-SWITGH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL l3. CAUDY and Eowann K. Cu'rmr, citizens ofthe Unitet States, residing at Holcomb, in the county of Nicholas andState of WVest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Railway-tlwitch; and we do hereby declare the :tollowing to be a full, clear, andexact de scription of the invention, such as will en able others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in switches and its leadingobject is the constructirm of a switch operating mechanism whereby amain line will be held normally open.

Another object ot the invention is the provision of an operatingmechanism actuated by the car wheels, for releasing a member of theswitch mechanism whereby the switch points may be restored from theirabnormal positions to their normal positions.

\l ith the above and other objects in view the invention relates toimproved constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearlydescribed in the following specification and clearly illustrated in theacctmipauying drawings, in which,

l igure 1 is a plan view showing the main line open, Fig. 2 is a detailplan view showing the principal mechanism exposed to view, lfiigxtlisadetail vertical sectional view thereof, and Fig. 4t is a detailsectional view on line -.t-----et of Fig. 1., looking in the directionof the arrow showing the weight operated device for actuating the switchholding mechanisn'i.

teferring to the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention 1denotes the tics, 2 the unbroken main line rail, 8 the siding rail whichis turned to form connection with the other main line rail, .t a movablemain line rail section, which abuts against the rail 3, and 5 a mo *ableswitch rail section, which abuts against the main line rail 2. The rails4t and 5 meet at 6 and near their meeting ends the point 7 of the frog 8is placed.

The abutting ends of the rail sections 4 and 5 are connected totransversely moving rods, a part of the ends of which are passed throughopenings in the rails S and i and are connected to the bar or plate 10,in the housing or metal box 11. The bar or plate 10 is connected to anoperating link or rod Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Serial No. 567,063.

12, one end of which is pivoted to the link 13 of the switch lever 14.

Coil springs 15 are mounted on the rods 9 so as to bea against the wallof the box 11 or the rail 3, and against the bar or plate 10, therebynormally holding the rail i against the mainline rail 3 and the rail 5away from the main line 1, and the main line open.

In order to operate the switch rails 1; and 5 the lever is rocked on itsbearing and the rods 9 are moved transversely of the rails so that therail 5 will abut against; the rail 2 and the rail 4- will be moved awayfrom the rail 8, thereby opening the switch.

In order to hold the switch rail 5 against the rail 2 and keep theswitch or siding open the inner end at the link rod 12 is formed with ahook [(3 which is engaged by the pivoted catch dog 17, one end of whichengages the lever to, pivoted to the bearing bracket 1.5), which ismounted on the end oi. the reciprocating link 30. The reciprocating link20 extends substantially parallel with one of the main line rails andinto the box 21, in which the track engaging abutment E22 is supportedon the vertical sliding member 23, the lower end oi which is connectedto the lever 2-1, pivoted at 25 to the base plate of the standard it").On the standard 26, which forms a guide for the sliding member or sleeve"23, a coil spring 27 is dis posed, which bears at its upper end againstthe rail abutment The lever 2-1 is formed with a long arm and a short:arm, the short arm being disposed angularly to the long arm and pivotedto the reciprocating link 20 and the long arm being pivoted by a slottedplate 28 to the standard 96, so that the downward movement of the sleeve23 will depress the longer arm of the lever and tilt the shorter arm,thereby moving the catch lever 18 away from the hook engaging dog 17,which holds the switch rails t and 5 in such position that the main linewill be closed and the siding willbeopen. After the train or car haspassed over the member 22 the lever catch 1.8 will be released from thedog 17 and the sprin 15 will return the rails 4t and 5 to their normalpositions. Carried by the rod 12 is an abutment 12, between which andthe hook 16, one end of the dog 17 is arranged. "By this connection thedog 17 may again be engaged by the latch 18, subsequently to thetripping of the latch, that is when the rod 12 is moved lOO in thedirection of the rail 3, the dog 17 may be oscillated so that it will beengaged by the latch 18. The bar 12 moves through a guide 12 as shown inFi gs. 2 and 8, which guide acts as a stop to be engaged by the abutment12, to limit the rod 12 in its movement in one direction.

As will be observed in Fig. 1 of the drawings the normal position of theswitch points is as shown, thus leaving the main line open for tratfic.hen it is desired to switch a train on the siding or 011 another mainline, the operating lever shown in Fig. 3 is manipulated, so as to throwthe switch points or rails 1 and 5 in the direction of the main linerail 2. When the switch points or rails 1 and 5 are so thrown the hook16 engages one end of the catch dog 17, while the other end of the catchdog 17 engages the notch in the lever 18, which holds the switch pointsor rails at and 5 in their abnormal positions, thus permitting theoncoming train to be switched on the siding or the other main line. Asthe train passes over the rails of the siding or the other main line thesection of rail 21 of the siding is depressed, and when so depressed,the lever Qet is oscillated upon its pivot 25, which will reciprocatethe link 20 in the direction of the arrow 20 which will release thelever 18 from engagement with the end of the catch dog 17, thuspermitting the springs 15 to restore the switch points or rails 1 and 5to their normal positions, so that the main line will be again open,whereby the next train may pass on without taking the siding. It is tobe understood, however, that the distance between the section of rail 21(which is depressed by the car wheels) and the switch mechanism issuflicient to admit of substantially the longest train,

thus avoiding the possibility of the sectional rail 21 being depressed,before the entire train has taken the siding.

Having described our claim in combination, the main line rails, thesiding rails and a pair of switch points or ails cooperating between themain line rails and the siding rails, spring tension means for holdingthe switch points or rails so that the main line remains normally open,a manually operated lever having a reciproeating rod connection foractuating spring tension means for throwing the switch points or railsto close the main line andopen the siding, a catch dog engageable by thereciprocating rod for holding the switch points thrown, a pivoted leverto engage the catch-dog for holding the catch-dog whereby the switchpoints are held as thrown to close the main line, a reciprocating linkconnected to the pivoted lever, and a spring tension depressible memberdisposed beneath a section of rail of the siding, and

invention we having connection with the reciprocating link 7 whereby thepivoted lever may be released from engagement with the catch dog, thuspermitting the switch points to be restored to their normal positions bythe spring tension means, said depressible spring tension member beingactuated by the weight of a train when passing over the section. of railof the siding.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL B. GAUDY. EDWARD K. CUTLIP. Witnesses G. C. ALDnRsoN, F. N.ALnnRsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

